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  • in reply to: Xbox used for games only 60 percent of the time #29018

    I use it for gaming mainly just due to my current set up but by next year it will be my main extender.  It would be my ESPN box if TW didnt suck…i’ll stop ranting 😛

    in reply to: New Windows Home Server Product Announced #28988

    thats awesome for home use, I bet its even more useful in a very small business with less than 25 users thats perfect. 

    in reply to: NBC Puts Undercovers into Witness Protection #28934

    I like outsourced but I can see how many people may not agree.  Undercovers is decent but i’m usually doing something else while its on

    in reply to: Big Cable Is Bleeding: 500K+ Subscribers Lost In Q3 #28877

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    I am somewhat confused that HBO doesn’t sell streaming subscriptions online. They must have some dcontract with cable/sat companies that prevents it because otherwise it seems like a no-brainer. what does HBO care if I am subscribed to comcast digital cable or not so long as they are getting their monthly subscription fees?
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    Yea I would love to HBO streaming online, same with ESPN 3 I wonder why they dont have a 5-10$ a month subscription service

    in reply to: Big Cable Is Bleeding: 500K+ Subscribers Lost In Q3 #28875

    I made the switch to OTA and netflix 4 months ago now, and I dont miss a thing.. Ok I lied I miss ESPN 😛  If TW didnt suck ass and would allow me to access ESPN 3 with my xbox I would be super happy.  But I doubt that will happen.  I believe those numbers are spot on, there have been 3 people here at work that have cut the cable and moved to OTA too, and they are super happy with it.  I think the consumer is getting smarter, when they see these internet ready STB’s that can stream content for cheap when compared to cable then people are going to stop paying for cable.  The quality of content out there keeps improving, revision 3 is a prime example. 

    in reply to: Video tour: Xbox 360 Fall 2010 Dashboard update #28150

    I have an idea on how to get around this whole TW problem.  If you know someone with an ISP that gets ESPN, or if I can find a proxy service out there that gets ESPN3.  Not sure how to do it yet since I havent done any research on it.  I’m guessing I will have to either put together a VPN tunnel using another ISP (program running on a PC with a good ISP and using DD-WRT ?)  and redirect the xbox to use that vpn tunnel or redirect traffic from the xbox to a proxy service.

    in reply to: Video tour: Xbox 360 Fall 2010 Dashboard update #28146

    Quick update on this, I know this is an older post but as everyone knows the new dashboard for xbox 360 was released on Monday.   ESPN on the xbox wont stream live content or display full events if you have Time Warner ISP/Cable.  I did a little searching around, ESPN and Timewarner are working together to make this work.  However ESPN on the xbox 360 requires you to have digital cable subscription plus Time warner internet to view any of the full events on your xbox.  I tested out some of the short clips yesterday and the quality is quite impressive when compared to ESPN3’s  website.

    aww I wish I could go, i was just thinking to myself last week that it would be cool to have a missing remote meet up some where.  Come to Cincinnati! 😛

    in reply to: Netflix Stream – IP Man #28752

    sweet, I was wondering if that movie was any good.  I will have to check it out this weekend.

    in reply to: Netflix Streaming Only Plans?! #28717

    that instant watcher site is awesome, nice find.  I had a crappy connection about 2 months ago and I can see a huge speed different for how fast the titles load in media center netflix.  With a slower connection mine would buffer occasionally, take longer to load in media center etc.  Netflix must pull a ton of data in media center when loading up.  I wonder why they don’t cache the titles on the HDD?  It is a PC with generally adequate amounts of space generally. 

    I never had a problems with recordings, I did notice sometimes they would go longer than they should have, more than 3 minutes.

    in reply to: New line of HTPC chassis #28469

    very nice cases I like the E6.  I do like the openness on the inside, leaves lots of room for cable management

    in reply to: Logitech Revue with Google TV details #28349

    Here is a video of Sony’s TV with google running on it.

    http://gizmodo.com/5662369/how-it-feels-to-use-sonys-first-google-tv

    in reply to: Add tuner without losing current channels #28408

    I’m about to add a tuner myself, if I get a chance tonight to install the tuner I’ll let you know what it ask in WMC7.  Although your situation is a bit more complicated than mine.

    in reply to: Blu-ray Player Poll Results #28388

    I was a little surprised how many people dont have blue ray yet (me being one of those votes.)  Only reason I havent switched yet is because I only have a tv that plays at 720p.    When I upgrade my TV i’ll def add a blue ray player to the HTPC.

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